DOGWOOD ACRES, 03/08/09, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. Second Sunday of each month is fellowship dinner at Sandy Church. Pastor Neal knows he can preach extra long because nobody will leave without eating, These Sundays are always a special time to be together. The dessert table was extra good today with strawberry shortcake, chocolate pies, lots of brownies and Judy Wilson’s cinnamon rolls. I think everyone left with full tummies and wondering if they would ever need to eat again.
John Lee and Brenda Comer were at Sandy for Sunday evening service. He said they were not visitors as Sandy Church is home for him. I feel privileged to have gotten an autographed copy of his book, “Life through the Seasons”. It is a personal memoir of his life growing up in the Sandy community.
It just so happened that I had a copy of an old picture in my Bible that I gave to John Lee. Going through old photo albums recently, I found a picture taken in 1966 of a Baptismal Service at the Anderson Ford on Bull Creek. John Lee, then the pastor at New Haven, was holding his first baptismal service and the four young candidates for baptism were Carl Stewart, Christie Bilyeu, (little) Bonnie Bilyeu and Leta Gail Meier. Forty-three years ago? That hardly seems possible.
Last week was a busy one with Erin playing three nights in the Taneyville Basketball Tournament. The first game was Tuesday night and since that was Rick’s birthday, he and I stopped at the Coffee Break for supper. We sat with Emmett Biggs who was killing a cup or two of coffee while waiting for the game to begin.
Emmett is a big fan of the Taneyville Tigers and seldom misses a game. From him we learned a little history about Taneyville School. Emmett was in the 8th grade in 1951. That was the year the “new” gym was built and the first time he ever played basketball on a wood floor. There were no Tigers then, as they were called the Taneyville Tomcats. I do not know when the change from Tomcats to Tigers was made. Cannot say that I ever knew of a team called the Tomcats, but am sure they had a howling good time.
This tournament of third and fourth graders from four different schools could have been a grandparent’s convention or family reunion. We saw so many of our former classmates from forty years ago who were proudly watching their little ones, just as we were.
Billy and Brenda Cummings came from Marshfield to watch Jeff and Tracey Shipley’s little girl; boy is she fast! A little cheerleader got Rhonda Turner to the game, also saw Jim and Della Russell, Brandy and Lisa, so just about the whole family was there.
Jack and Linda Matthews had ballplayers and cheerleaders, what a busy family they are. Thursday night I sat with them for a while and visited with Linda and her little sis, Carla Jennings. I took a picture of the girls, and they gave me permission to post it on the Bilyeu Family website. Carla’s little fellows were really getting into the hoop shoots. She told me to tell Kasie that she will be up to hunt mushrooms soon.
Great-Gramps, Newton Matthews, came to cheer for Brynne Mitchell.
One night we sat beside Lenny and June Boyd. June asked if I was kin to Danny Frazier and I had to admit that I am. They go to church with Danny and Danita at New Vision, so know that he is a pretty good guy.
Rick, Ashton, Erin and I visited Jeremy and Stephanie Chambers Friday afternoon. Stephanie took some pictures for us, but we enjoyed seeing their new home and walking along the creek. They have such a wonderful place for Carissa and Hunter to run and play. Jeremy had turned the garage into a workshop where he was building Stephanie a new entertainment center. Young families are so busy nowadays; it was good to see them working and playing together.
Jim Bilyeu visited Frank Layson a few days ago and said he was talking some and anxious to get out of the hospital. There is still a long road to recovery but at least the long days of waiting for Frank to open his eyes are behind them.
I went to see Beverly Otto at Skaggs on Friday afternoon and was glad to see her sitting up and smiling. It had been ten days since she had a heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery. She was looking forward to going home on Saturday.
Sunday afternoon, Bill and Mary Lou Hodges took Martin, Amy and Erin out in the fields to see the new set of twin calves. There is nothing sweeter than little spring calves.
Happy Birthday to Charles Edwards, III, who just turned fifteen. He had a busy Sunday celebrating with family and friends. Bye for now.
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